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Thief Simulator 2

CookieDev · PlayWay S.A. · 2023-10-04

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 04, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 14, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 27, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

202
playing now
88%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 50h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

202 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The door to your robber's career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 202 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 914 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~114/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 133k–299k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,647 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.39 at Steam (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20232026Week of 2023-10-01: 1,445 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

769632026-08-06 22:00 — 73 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 86 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 142 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 87 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 95 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 142 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 82 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 107 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 167 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 69 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 100 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 148 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 78 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 75 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 133 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 64 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 167 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 565 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 482 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 373 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 586 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 407 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 371 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 769 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 556 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 311 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 555 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 377 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 202 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.392023-10-042026-08-262023-10-04 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $17.592023-12-01 — best price $17.592023-12-22 — best price $16.992024-01-20 — best price $16.592024-03-04 — best price $15.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-04-26 — best price $15.392024-06-09 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $14.592024-07-22 — best price $13.992024-09-13 — best price $13.592024-10-27 — best price $13.392024-11-27 — best price $13.192024-12-10 — best price $12.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-01 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-04 — best price $19.992025-05-18 — best price $19.992025-06-23 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-09-20 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-29 — best price $19.992026-06-12 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-14 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

32402026-08-26 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 321 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
83.4%
earned "Escape cops"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,1979%50
PS5 (PlayStation)95917%51
Xbox Series (Xbox)4508%50
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CrimeHeistIndieActionCasualDrivingHackingStealthAdventureOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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